Object Storage¶

Object storage is a popular storage technology on cloud, with all major cloud providers offering an Object Storage service. The Amazon Web Services S3 API has become the de facto API to use to access Object Service.

noobaa is an Open Source project that offers AWS S3 compatibility and offers a private cloud Object Storage capability with the ability to aggregate private and public object storage services.

Installing noobaa¶

Installing noobaa on OKD is simple, using the NooBaa Operator. Simply follow the instructions in the project README

Managing noobaa¶

Once noobaa is installed you can access the management console and the S3 API. To get the URLs you can use the OKD command line oc get routes -n noobaa or the noobaa command line noobaa status or use the web console to look at the routes in the noobaa project

To log into the management console you can use the details from the noobaa-admin secret in the noobaa project. Once logged onto the management console you can create your own user account and create buckets, backing stores or add other public cloud providers